Macroscopic Fluctuation-Response Theory and Its Use for Gene Regulatory Networks
Abstract
Gaussian macroscopic fluctuation theory underpins the understanding of noise in a broad class of nonequilibrium systems. We derive exact fluctuation-response relations linking the power spectral density of stationary fluctuations to the linear response of stable nonequilibrium steady states. Both of these can be determined experimentally and used to reconstruct the kernel of the linearized dynamics and the diffusion matrix, and thus any features of the Gaussian theory. We apply our theory to gene regulatory networks with negative feedback, and derive an explicit internal-external noise decomposition of the power spectral density for any networks, including cross-correlations.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Volume
- 136
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 067102–067102
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026
- Language
- EN